CVE-2025-62626 Affecting linux-firmware package, versions <999:20251030-999.44.1.gite9292517.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-LINUXFIRMWARE-13860302
  • published8 Nov 2025
  • disclosed21 Nov 2025

Introduced: 8 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-62626  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 linux-firmware to version 999:20251030-999.44.1.gite9292517.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-25743.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-firmware package and not the linux-firmware package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper handling of insufficient entropy in the AMD CPUs could allow a local attacker to influence the values returned by the RDSEED instruction, potentially resulting in the consumption of insufficiently random values.